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Antje Jackelén (née Zöllner; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita (prima inter pares) of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received through a service in Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014, making her Sweden's first foreign-born ...
In June, the Church of Sweden selected a new archbishop. Martin Modéus, who is currently bishop of the Diocese of Linköping, will take office in December, replacing Antje Jackelén, who has served in the post for the past eight years.
Lutheran Archbishop Emeritus of Uppsala; Primate of the Church of Sweden; Co-President, Religions for Peace. Christian, Sweden. H.E. Archbishop Emeritus Dr. Antje Jackelén is Archbishop Emeritus of the Church of Sweden and an Adjunct Professor of systematic theology/religion and science at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Born and ...
Oct 16, 2013 · Jackelén studied at the universities of Tübingen (Germany) and Uppsala and Lund (Sweden), and taught systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA. After her ordination in 1980, she served as a parish pastor in Stockholm and Lund, and became the Lund diocese bishop in 2007.
Oct 20, 2013 · Bishop Antje Jackelén. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay [Lutheran World Federation] The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has congratulated Lund Bishop Antje Jackelén upon her election as the next archbishop of the Church of Sweden.
Nov 2, 2013 · Unless a major news story involving the Pope develops, PopeWatch plans in future that Saturday installments of PopeWatch will normally be lighthearted, however this installment is somewhat d…
May 7, 2015 · Archbishop Antje Jackelén, the first female head of the Lutheran Church of Sweden, tweeted her gratitude for the meeting to the pope, with a photograph of the two religious leaders chatting. Grazie @Pontifex for a good meeting today! Veni Creator Spiritus. pic.twitter.com/Xy3Qz5VHsR.
